Brake-setter.



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.PATENTED AUG. 25, 1908.

. W. A. RIDEOU'L' SR.

BRAKE SETTER.

APPL'IGATION FILED JUNE 10, 1907.

ITO-97,149.

WILLIAM ALBERT RIDEOUT, SR, OF OSH-KOSH, WISCONSIN.

BBAKE-SETTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 25, 1908.

Application filed. June 10, 1907. Serial No. 378,225.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. RIDE- OUT, Sr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Oshkosh, in the county of Winnebago and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brake- Setters; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to brake setting mechanism for engines or motorswhich are actuated by steam or electricity, and it has for its object to provide means whereby when a signal has been displayed at any point and the motor or engine is not stopped y the engineer or other person in charge, the brake setting mechanism is automatically thrown into operation; and where the car or engine is being driven by electrical power, the circuit for such power is automatically and simultaneously broken at the time that the brake setting mechanism is operated.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate an embodiment of the invention, Figure is a diagrammatic view of mechanism bv which the invention may be practiced; Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the means for automatically setting the brake mechanism in operation; and Fig. 3 is a front view of said mechanism.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates a car which in the present instance is shown as being electrically driven, although it can be propelled by steam or other motive power with the same results so far as brake setting mechanism is concerned.

Located adjacent to the track 2 are suitable signal stations 3, only one of which is shown, which may be of any desired construction. In each of said stations or signals a circuit closer, as a roller, 4, provided with a segment 5, or other means for closing a circuit, is adapted to be actuated by the signal setting'mechanism which can be driven by means of a' current from line wires 6 and 7, or otherwise. Two wires 8 and i) areadapted. to be engaged by the contact or segment 5, whereby a circuit may be completed through them. ()ne of the wires, as 8,is connected with one or both of the track rails, 2,- and wire 9 is connected with an insulated rail, 10, which is located at any oint convenient to the eing hown midway between them in the drawing, but, it is evident track rails, 2, it

that it could be located at' either side of them with equal eliiciency.

The car .1 isprovided with a battery 11, of' I any suitable kind, one side of which is eon-' nected withthe carwheels through the wire I 12, and the other side is connected with a brush, 13, through a yvire'14. The brush 13 is adapted to engage with t e third rail, 10, as the car passes over it,- a d thereby complete a circuit through the battery if th'e roller 4 has been rotated so as to causethe' contact 5 to engage with the wire Qand thereby complete the circuit from wire 6 and cause the current that operates the car to set the brake setting device. As the contact 5 is never in engagement with the wires 8 and 9, except when the signal 15 is set so as to notify the engineer to stop. the circuit will. never be completed through the wires 8 and 9, 1 (1 contact brush 13, exceptwhen it is desire d that the car be stopped atothe station.

To insure that the car should sto' at the sta-' tion when thesignal is given in t iis manner,

means are provided for automatically open-' ing the air valve, 16, of the brake setting mechanism, 17, and thereby permit the brakes to be automaticallyapplied and thus bringthe car to a standstill.

constructing and arranging the parts in this" manner, it is evident that as soon as a circuit is completed through the brush 13 and contact 5, the coil 23 will he energized/and the core 22 moved longitudinally so as to a -tuate the lever 21 and thereby release the handle, 13, from the catch 20, when the spring-1.9 will immediately throw the lever 18 forward and thus open the valve 16 and permit the application of the brake 17 in the ordinary manner. A perforated extension. 24; may be located adjacent to the handle 13 and provided with a pin, 25, or'other means for adjnstably limiting the forward movement of the handle when it has been released from ihe catch 20.

The valve 16 may be actuated in any desired manner, but I prefer to control it by means of a lever, 18,

The lever 21 is In this manner the automatic 

